For this discussion: 1) Glance through chapter 9: in the required text book: Hergenhahn, B.R., Olson,M.H. (2011). An introduction to theories of personality (8th ed). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson-Prentice Hall. “Make sure it’s the correct book please”…Tips for Discussion posts.. this will help you know what to include; 2) make sure you all answer the questions; 3) be specific; 4) provide you own opinions and the logic that backs them up as well as examples; 5) check your grammar, and spelling, do not copy or paste, do not use Wikipedia, do not plagiarize; 6) I need at least 3 paragraphs; 7) references the textbook as well as in other references and the page numbers where you find the information relating to the materials in the textbook and if you use paraphrase a sentence please site the authors; and 8) I need a good attention getter, an interesting middle and I great closer, after the conclusion I need you to make up one question pertaining to the materials that you wrote or from the textbook so that the students who respond to my post will be able to answer the question; and I need this discussion to flow and written professionally thanks. The assignment goes as follows:
For our Discussion Board this week:
Read Chapter 9 in the text, making note of the central concepts highlighted by sections within the chapter as ‘Acquisition,’ ‘Shaping,’ ‘Discrimination,’ etc.
View the 9 YouTube videos below to develop a sense of autism as a disorder and the approach that ABA takes in working with autism. This should take about 90 minutes for all of them.
In the Discussion Board
What is your feeling about use of ABA in treatment of autism?
Discuss how Skinner’s principles are reflected in ABA, and provide specific examples where possible. (You may reference the videos by number and indicate the number of minutes into the video where your example lies, as (video 1 at 9:34))
To what extent do you think ABA might depart from Skinner’s principles?
“If you want to strengthen a certain response or behavior pattern, reward it” (p.265). This principle is central to the ABA approach.
Autism symptoms and diagnosis:
1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVgPlURSad8 issues in diagnosing autism (about13 minutes)
2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89KnHRLz7EQ steps for detecting autism (about 5 minutes)
A sample of some training videos for ABA (there are a total of 39 videos in this series):
3) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pN6ydLE4EQ ABA Training 1 – Discrete Trial (nice overview, about 10 minutes)
4) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crFjZlWWZo0 ABA 2 – Reinforcers (about 12 minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDijJjKHMVQ ABA 3 – Prompts (about 15 minutes)
A sample of some sessions and interactions with autistic children:
5) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyCx-OLzgJw intro to ABA – types of basic issues parents face (about 4 minutes)
6) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbVG8lYEsNs brief session – notice reinforcement ‘token’ system (about 2 minutes)
7) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLBLnNxzftM brief session – (about 4 minutes)
Lovaas (famous Autism researcher) session videotapes – some aspects considered ‘old-school’ ABA, but still valuable in understanding various objectives in therapy:
8) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hulVH9jpR8k (about 10 min)
9) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uX1fz5d2wnw (about 9 min)
Optional Web sites targeted at overall support for Autism:
http://www.centerforautism.com/aba-therapy.aspx
https://www.autismspeaks.org/what-autism/treatment/applied-behavior-analysis-aba
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